Plants of Interest

Varieties that deserve special attention:

Primary and Secondary Uses are site-specific


Foresttrees:

Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Primary Use: Windbreak
Secondary Uses: Firewood (Hardwood)

Casuarina (Casuarina glauca)
Primary Use: Windbreak
Secondary Uses: Firewood (Hardwood)

Corkoak (Quercus suber)
Primary Use: Cork
Secondary Uses: Acorns, Handcraft (Birdhouses, chairs), Corkshreds as fireproof mulch

Plume albizia (Paraserianthes Lophantha)
Primary Use: N-fixxing Pioneer, Chop-n-Drop Mulch
Secondary Uses: Beefodder

White Leadtree (Leucaena Leucocephala)
Primary Use: ChopNdrop mulch
Secondary Uses: slow to establish permanent coppice covercrop

Silktree (Albizia Julibrissin)
Primary Use: Shade
Secondary Uses: Beautification, Beefodder

Tipuana (Tipuana Tipu)
Primary Use: Light Shade (Overstory Tree)
Secondary Uses: Beefodder

Fish-poison-bean (Tephrosia vogelii)
Primary Use: N-fixing perennial covercrop
Secondary Uses: makes fishing easy?

Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)
Primary Use: Beautification
Secondary Uses: Firewood, Beefooder

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi)
Primary Use: Thorny Hedges
Secondary Uses: Edible Fruits

Pidgeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
Primary Use: Perennial N-fixer
Secondary Uses: beans

Siberian Peashrub (Caragana Arborescens)
Primary Use: Chop-n-Drop Mulch
Secondary Use: Beefooder

Black Cherry (Prunus Serotina)
Primary Use: Hedge
Secondary Uses: Birdfood, Wildlifehabitat, Timber

Kai-apple (Dovyalis caffra)
Primary Use: Thorny-as, Hedge
Secondary Uses: Edible Fruits

Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Primary Use: thorny Hedge
Secondary Uses: Birdfood, Wildlifehabitat, Timber

Jacaranda (Genus Jacaranda)
Primary Use: Beautification
Secondary Uses: Beefooder

Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Primary Use: Beautification
Secondary Uses: Beefodder, Timber

Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Primary Use: Fire-resitant Zone 5 Tree
Secondary Uses: Beautification, Timber

Monkey-Puzzle-Tree (Araucaria araucana)
Primary Use: Timber
Secondary Uses: Edible Nuts

Leadwood (Combretum imberbe)
Primary Use: Timber

Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Primary Use: Timber

Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Primary Use: Timber
Secondary Uses: Animal Fodder

Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Primary Use: Timber, Beautification
Secondary Uses: Beefodder

Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans)
Primary Use: Timber

Pyrenean Oak (Quercus Pyrenaica)
Primary Use: Ahorns, Timber

Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Primary Use: ChopNdrop Mulch, Windbreak
Secondary Uses: Fodder for Ailanthus Silkmoth

Amur Maakia (Maackia amurensis)
Primary Use: Hardy Pioneer

Plane tree (Platanus)
Primary Use: Shade, Biomass

White Saxsaul (Haloxylon Persicum)
Primary Use: Pioneer for extrem sites

Bee Tree (tetradium daniellii)

 


Fruittrees:

Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
Primary Use: Dates
Secondary Uses: Overstory Shade
Note: Unlikely to succeed here

Avocado (Persea americana)
Primary Use: Fruits

Strawberry Bush (Arbutus Unedo)
Primary Use: Edible Berries, Understory Filler in Corkforest
Secondary Uses: Firewood

Pacific Medrone (Arbutus menziesii)
Primary Use: Edible Berries
Secondary Uses: Firewood

Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqua)
Primary Use: Edible Pods, N-fixer?
Secondary Uses: Timber, Animalfodder

Ice-cream-bean (Inga edulis)
Primary Use: Delicious Fruits
Secondary Uses: N-fixer, coppices well
Notes: Most likely not possible here, due to frostintolerance

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
Primary Use: Edible Fruits, Thorny Hedges

Tea-Plant (Camellia sinensis)
Primary Use: Tealeaves

Date-Plum (Diospyros lotus)
Primary Use: Fruits (supposed to chill you out)

Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
Primary Use: Fruits

Kumquat (Citrus japonica)
Primary Use: Fruits

Yuzu (Citrus Junos)
Primary Use: Fruits

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Primary Use: Fruits

Moringa (Moringa Olifeira)
Primary Use: All edible

White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis)
Primary Use: Fruits

Cherimoya (Annona cherimola)
Primary Use: Fruits
Note: Grows successful near Monchique

Sweetsop (Annona Squamosa)
Primary Use: Fruits

Strawberry Guava (Psidium Cattleyanum)
Primary Use: Fruits

Soursop (Annona Muricata)
Primary Use: Fruits

Monkeypod (Pithecellobium dulce)
Primary Use: Fruits

Natal plum (Carissa Macrocarpa)
Primary Use: Fruits

Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)
Primary Use: Fruits

Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana)
Primary Use: Fruits

Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana)
Primary Use: Leaves

Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)
Primary Use: Fruits

White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Primary Use: Fruits
Secondary Uses: Leaves as Fodder for Silkmoth

Surinam cherry/Pitanga (Eugenia uniflora)
Primary Use: Fruits

Trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)
Primary Use: Rootstock for Citrus, thorny Hedges

Feijoa (Acca sellowiana)
Primary Use: Fruits

Pomegranate (Punica Granatum)
Primary Use: Fruits

Green Gage ( Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana)
Primary Use: Fruits

Algarroba (Prosopis chilensis)
Primary Use: Fruits for Human and Stock
Secondary Uses: N-fixer

Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
Primary Use: Fruits for Human and Stock
Secondary Uses: N-fixer

 

 

 

 


Nuts:

Walnut (Juglans regia)
Primary Use: Nuts
Secondary Uses: Timber, Firewood
Varieties:
– Wunder von Monrepos
– Esterhazy II
– Seifersdorfer Runde
– Rote Donaunuss
– Aufhauser Baden
– Finkenwerder Deichnuss Royal
– Geisenheimer 286
– Boerder Riesen

Blacknut (Juglans nigra)
Primary Use: Nuts
Secondary Uses: Timber, Firewood

Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Primary Use: Nuts, Firewood in Coppice-stands
Secondary Uses: Timber, Firewood
Varieties:
– Bouche de Batizac
– Tiroler Goldmarone
– Bouche Rouge
– Brunella
– Belle Epine
– Marlhac
– Marigoule

Hybrid Hazelnuts (Genus Corylus)
Primary Use: Nuts, Windbreak
Secondary Uses: Firewood, Hedges
Note: http://www.badgersett.com/ for Hybrids
None Hybrid Varieties:
– Lange Dolling Zellernuss
– Hallesche Riesen
– Webbs Preisnuss
– Butler
– Gunslebert
– Ennis
– Türkische Baumhasel
– Cosford

Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
Primary Use: Nuts

Monkey-Puzzle-Tree (Araucaria araucana)
Primary Use: Timber
Secondary Uses: Edible Nuts

Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
Primary Use: Nuts
Secondary Uses: Timber, Firewood

Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)
Primary Use: Nuts

Gevuina (Gevuina avellana)
Primary Use: Nuts

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
Note: I wish

Almond (Prunus dulcis)
Primary Use: Nuts

 


Low Covercrops:

subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum)
perennial

Blue False Indigo (Baptisia Australis)
Perennial

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)
Perennial
Edible, Delicious

Leadplant (Amorpha Canescens)
Perennial

Common Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Perennial

White Clover (Trifolium repens)
perennial

Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
perennial

Lupins (Genus Lupinus)
annual & perennial
Note: Local Sweet Lupins known as Tremoςos (annual)

Utah sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale)
perennial

Gelbe Serradella (Ornithopus compressus)
annual

Desert Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)
perennial

Shrubby Bushclover (Lespedeza Bicolor)
perennial


Bamboos:

Phyllostachys Aurea

Phyllostachys Atrovaginata

Phyllostachys Vivax

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)
Primary Use: Timberbamboo
Secondary Uses: Edible Shoots

Sinobambusa Tootsik

Pseudosasa Amabilis

Dragon Bamboo (Dendrocalamus giganteus)
Primary Use: The Timberbamboo
Secondary Uses: enlarges my dick 3cm when grown successful
Note: optimistic

Giant timber bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii)
Primary Use: Timberbamboo
Secondary Uses: Edible Shoots

Further information on bamboo:

EBS-Deutschland

—————————- Zur Einfuhr z.B. von Thailand —————————-

RICHTLINIE 2000/29/EG DES RATES

vom 8. Mai 2000

über Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Gemeinschaft gegen die Einschleppung und Ausbreitung von Schadorganismen der Pflanzen und Pflanzenerzeugnisse

ANHANG III

TEIL A

PFLANZEN, PFLANZENERZEUGNISSE UND ANDERE GEGENSTÄNDE, DEREN VERBRINGEN IN DIE MITGLIEDSTAATEN VERBOTEN IST

19.

Pflanzen der FamilieGramineae, außer Pflanzen mehrjähriger Ziergräser der Unterfamilien Bambusoideae und Panicoideae und der Gattungen Buchloe, Bouteloua Lag., Calamagrostis, Cortaderia Stapf., Glyceria R. Br., Hakonechloa Mak. ex Honda, Hystrix, Molinia, Phalaris L., Shibataea, Spartina Schreb., Stipa L. und Uniola L., zum Anpflanzen bestimmt, außer Samen

Drittländer, ausgenommen europäische Länder und Länder des Mittelmeerraums

 

 


 

Primary Use:
Secondary Uses: